People: Executive transactions

Baseball
The New York Yankees named Edward Andrews premium sales and service consultant.

CollegesArizona State University hired Rocky Harris as senior associate athletic director for communications. Harris was senior vice president of the Houston Dynamo.

Northern Arizona University athletic director Jim Fallis is leaving the school June 30.

The University of Central Florida named Ryan Eklund director of marketing. Eklund was assistant director of marketing and promotions at UCLA.

The University of Louisiana named Ken Winstead senior associate athletic director and Brian McCann sports information director. Winstead was assistant development director at Colorado State University, and McCann was assistant athletic director of communications at Cleveland State University.

FacilitiesArenaNetwork named Tina Suca vice president of entertainment. Suca was general manager at Nassau Coliseum.

Learfield Sports named as account executives Kelly Collyar at the University of Oklahoma, Matt Wrynn at the University of North Carolina, Matt Ryan at the Big Ten Conference and Josh Pell at Southern Illinois University.

Melt hired Sarah Davis as senior event manager. Davis was director of game entertainment and operations for the Atlanta Dream.

Rosenberger

Premiere Global Sports hired Peter Rosenberger as vice president of its corporate division. Rosenberger worked in business development at Metro Multimedia.

MediaESPN promoted Jamie Horowitz to vice president of original programming and production.

Motorsports
The Automobile Racing Club of America promoted Jeff Brehmer to executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Jeff Elliot will manage corporate sponsorships and new business development for the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. He was with motorsports agency Breaking Limits.

The Circuit of the Americas named Ben Cahalane chief sales officer, Danielle Eldridge vice president of corporate partnerships and Tom Schneider vice president of guest services.

Front Row Motorsports hired Robin Johnson as vice president of marketing and business development. Johnson was executive vice president of business development at Roush Fenway Racing.

Sporting Goods and ApparelGood Sports launched its Sporting Goods Advisory Council and named to it Fran Allen, senior vice president of global sales at Saucony; Donna Flood, chief operating officer at Easton-Bell Sports; Tom Howard, former sales and marketing director at KT Sports/AMF division of Sportcraft; Dan Touhey, president of PSI 91; and Dave Rossi, chief operating officer of Pivotal 5.

Eeles

Boberg

Gardner

Sports Commissions and Tourism BoardsLas Vegas Events hired Bo Gardner as vice president of corporate marketing and Chase Boberg as event development coordinator. Dale Eeles will move to the newly created position of vice president of event development.

Tennis
The WTA promoted Leah Rinfret to senior counsel.

Other

Wyant

The National Academy of Sports Medicine hired Andrew Wyant as president and general manager. Wyant was vice president of marketing at LifeLock.

Strike Ten Entertainment hired John Harbuck as vice president of activation and fulfillment.

Awards and BoardsUnivision named David Zaslav, president and chief executive officer at Discovery Communications, and José Bastón Patiño, president of TV and content at Grupo Televisa, to its board of directors.

The LPGA board of directors named Leslie Greis, founder of Perennial Capital Advisors, its chair.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame elected Mike Davies, chief executive officer of the New Haven Open at Yale, and Randy Snow, three-time Paralympic medalist, for induction.

The American Institute of Architects named Matt Rossetti, president of Rossetti, to the College of Fellows.

Phoenix Suns Charities named Tim Benter, vice president and deputy general counsel of Republic Services, to its board of directors.

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